Germany's withdrawal from FCAS fighter jet raises questions about salvaging €100 billion defense project
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Germany's decision to withdraw from the fighter jet component of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) has thrown the €100 billion tri-national defense project into crisis. After years of political and industrial tensions between Germany and France over military requirements and labor distribution among Airbus Defence and Dassault Aviation, the core of the program has collapsed. However, the combat cloud and unmanned drone components may still be salvageable, leaving France, Germany, and Spain to determine how to proceed with the remaining elements of the project.
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